[MyAppleMenu] Aug 27, 2006

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Mac news for Mac people

[News]

*** How Green Is Your Apple?
<http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7836504>
The Economist

Perhaps the biggest surprise is the poor rating of Apple. Despite having an image steeped in Califronia's counterculture, it is one of hte worst heel-draggers, says Greenpeace.

[Opinion]

*** Five Things That Bug Me About A Mac
<http://www.numenorean.net/blog/archives/2006/08/five_things_tha.html>
It's All Geek To Me!

Here is a list of things a former Windows user (who is something of a control freak when it comes to computers) coming to a Mac wishes it could do better.

The Tomorrow Weblog
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Emerging Technologies. Innovative Applications. New Economy

[News]

*** More Media, Less News
<http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7827135>
The Economist

Newspapers are making progress with the internet, but most are still too timid, defensive or high-minded.

*** An Eye For Cool, And Cash
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/25/AR2006082501308.html>
Sara Kehaulani Goo, Washington Post

In the hunt to fill 'social news' web sites, contributors now compete.

MyAppleMenu Reader
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The other things in life

[Tech & Science]

*** The Math Was Complex, The Intentions, Strikingly Simple
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/27/weekinreview/27johnson.html?ei=5088&en=5ef2a2427ea6e86a&ex=1314331200&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1156651936-Xxo1FqUjSWt08yOLl3j1LQ>
George Johnson, New York Times

Who needs prizes when you are free to wnader across a plane so lofty that a soda straw and a teacup blur into the same topological abstraction, and there is nothing that a million dollars can buy?

[Life]

*** The Infant grammarian
<http://www.slate.com/id/2148342/>
Emily Bazelon, Slate

The genius of baby talk.

*** The Frappuccino Generation
<http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/08/27/coffee/index_np.html>
Katharine Miezkowski, Salon

Starbucks says it doesn't market to kids. But its sugary coffee confections represent the new cool for teens. While nutritionists are gasping, the caffeinated kids are buzzing.

SingaporeSurf
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Life in the city

[Ramblings]

*** Do You Swallow?
Heng-Cheong Leong

Zoe Tay <http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/show/story/0,4136,112400,00.html>: I'm not sure why it is so unusual. It's about tablets, and I swallow them.

Somebody should either get Zoe a clue, or Zoe should fire her agent.

[News]

*** ASEAN Hopes Singapore-China Rail Link Will Be Ready By 2015, Says Official
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/8/26/apworld/20060826211238&sec=apworld>
Associated Press

Southeast Asian nations hope a proposed US$15 billion major railway project linking Singapore to southern China will be ready by 2015 to facilitate the flow of goods and people across the region, officials said Saturday.

*** PM: Push For Immigrations For Singapore's Good
<http://straitstimes.asiaone.com/portal/site/STI/menuitem.c2aef3d65baca16abb31f610a06310a0/?vgnextoid=6fadbe120b93a010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD&vgnextfmt=vgnartid:3c5fa1bafeb4d010VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD>
Li Xueying, Straits Times

The aim of attracting foreigners is to benefit them and Singapore. It is to create a big enough population that can stimulate a better, more vibrant economy brimming with more jobs, Lee Hsien Loong siad.

[Opinion]

*** A Need For Alternative Views In Cyberspace
<http://mysingaporenews.blogspot.com/2006/08/need-for-alternative-views-in.html>
My Singapore News

*** It's All For Your Own Good!
<http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2006/08/its-all-for-your-own-good.html>
Diary Of A Singapore Mind